Local Food Resource Hubs

The Local Food Resource Hubs Network supports residents to grow their own fresh produce,
helping to ensure greater food security and healthy food access.

• Do you want to grow your own fresh produce?
• Do you want to engage in local food issues, particularly in making healthy, locally-grown food more accessible in your neighborhood?
• Do you want to connect with your neighbors and build community networks to share and swap goods or services?
• Are you interested in sharing your skills and learning from others about gardening techniques, compost, cooking, food preservation and more?
• Would you like access to discounted seeds, seedlings, tools, and classes that will enhance your gardening?

We are gearing up for a second year of the Local Food Resource Hubs program!  Read more about what members of our communities accomplished during the first year of the Hubs and check out the feedback we got from our first annual Fall Gathering!

Get more information on the newly formed Hubs Stewardship Council, a body made up of Hubs members and other stakeholders that will make decisions about the design of the Hubs program.

A Fun, Family-Friendly Fundraiser for the Hubs!!

A network-wide fundraiser to benefit all the Hubs,  the event will have food, music, massages, kids crafts, and a raffle.  All members are invited to help with organizing this event- we especially need help with asking small businesses for donations for the raffle, and helping to get the word out around town.  All proceeds will go into the membership scholarship fund.  Want to help spread the word? Post a flyer!

Mark your calendars!!  Saturday, March 3rd from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Building

What are Local Food Resource Hubs? 

Hubs are locally-based partnerships of residents, neighborhood organizations, local businesses, Gardening Matters, and the City of Minneapolis.  Gardeners pay a small fee to become members of the Hubs Network and receive seeds, seedlings, access to tools, low-cost workshops, and become part of a dedicated and supportive community of people growing their own food.Hubs are not physical locations.  They are neighborhood networks of gardeners who come together to support each other in growing, cooking, preserving, and composting their own fresh produce.  Read more about the goals, mission, and history of the Hubs program.

How can I join the Hubs Network?

Check out the "membership" information online!

Make a donation and become a  Hub Advocate to support the hubs network!

Join the facebook group! 
Though we had used NING and a Google group, our primary mode for online networking will now be facebook.  (Emails will continue as normal.)

Support for Local Food Resource Hubs in Minneapolis is made possible through a partnership of Gardening Matters and community members with the City of Minneapolis Homegrown Minneapolis initiative. This partnership is supported by the Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support and the Minnesota Department of Health’s Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.